The other five regularly timed games are covered in this post. We start with...
The Denver Broncos hosting the Detroit Lions. Denver opened with Matt Prater kicking a 39 yard field goal. Detroit replied with a touchdown pass of 41 yards from Matthew Stafford to Titus Young, and Jason Hanson handled the extra point. Hanson extended the Lions lead with a 50 yard field goal in the second quarter. Detroit kept going with Stafford tossing a 1 yard touchdown to Tony Scheffler, and Hanson handled the PAT. It was 24-3 at the half with Maurice Morris' 1 yard touchdown rush, with Hanson making another extra point for the Lions. Detroit got defensive with the next touchdown, forcing a Tim Tebow fumble which would be picked up by Cliff Avril and taken to the end zone 24 yards away. Hanson again added an extra point. The Lions continued the abuse with Stafford throwing 56 yards to Calvin Johnson, good for a touchdown with Hanson adding another extra point. Detroit went with defense again as Tebow was intercepted by Chris Houston, who returned the ball 100 yards for a touchdown. Hanson took advantage with another extra point. The Broncos finally reached the end zone with Tebow passing 14 yards to Eric Decker for a touchdown, and Prater took care of the extra point. The final was 45-10, with Detroit improving to 6-2 and Denver falling to 2-5.
Back east a bit, the Buffalo Bills welcome the Washington Redskins. Buffalo led off with a 20 yard touchdown catch by Scott Chandler from Ryan Fitzpatrick, and Rian Lindell made the extra point. Lindell also booted a 37 yard field goal in the second quarter. At the last second of the half, the Bills went up 13-0 on a 44 yard field goal. Buffalo went back to work in the third quarter with Fitzpatrick and Chandler meeting up again for 15 yards and a touchdown, and Lindell made the PAT. Lindell kept the Bills going with his 41 yard field goal in the fourth quarter. This left the score at 23-0, which was a final, moving Buffalo to 5-2 and dropping Washington to 3-4.
Crossing the continent, the Seattle Seahawks host the Cincinnati Bengals. Mike Nugent put Cincinnati on the board first with a 34 yard field goal. The Bengals extended the lead with an Andy Dalton touchdown pass to Jerome Simpson, a 14 yard play finished off by Nugent with the extra point. Seattle got on the board with a second quarter field goal of 47 yards by Steven Hauschka. The score at halftime was 17-3 thanks to Dalton's touchdown pass of 43 yards to A.J. Green. Nugent had the extra point. The Seahawks got another field goal in the third quarter from Hauschka, a 25 yard kick. Seattle pushed closer with a 2 yard Marshawn Lynch touchdown run, but Tavaris Jackson's two point attempt toward Ben Obomanu failed. Cincinnati gained a little separation with a field goal of 48 yards by Nugent. The Bengals put it away when Brandon Tate returned a punt 56 yards for a touchdown, and Nugent added an extra point for a 27-12 score. Adding insult to injury, Cincinnati's Reggie Nelson picked off Jackson and took it back 75 yards for a touchdown, allowing one more Nugent extra point, leaving the score at 34-12, and this would be a final, with the Bengals going up to 5-2 and Seattle falling to 2-5.
Down the west coast to San Francisco, where the 49ers welcome the Cleveland Browns. San Francisco struck first on a 4 yard touchdown run by Frank Gore, and David Akers made the extra point. Akers later added a field goal of 29 yards for the 49ers. Gore struck again for San Francisco in the second quarter with a 7 yard touchdown rush, and Akers added another PAT. Phil Dawson put Cleveland on the board with a 52 yard field goal, for a 17-3 halftime score. After a quiet third quarter, Colt McCoy got the Browns moving with a touchdown pass to Joshua Cribbs, a 45 yard play tapped off by Dawson with the extra point. The 49ers made it 20-10 with Akers nailing a 26 yard field goal. San Francisco improved to 6-1 while knocking Cleveland to 3-4.
Finally, the big game has the Pittsburgh Steelers hosting the New England Patriots. Pittsburgh drew first blood with a touchdown from Ben Roethlisberger to Mewelde Moore for 5 yards. Shaun Suisham tacked on the extra point. The Steelers added on a Suisham field goal from 33 yards away in the second quarter. New England got on the board as Tom Brady threw 2 yards for a touchdown to Deion Branch, and Stephen Gostkowski made the extra point. Pittsburgh replied with a Roethlisberger touchdown of 7 yards to Antonio Brown, and Suisham tacked on the extra point here. Gostkowski cut the Patriots' deficit to 7 by making it 17-10 on a 46 yard field goal right before the half. In the third quarter, Suisham put the Steelers back in front by 10 with a 21 yard field goal. Suisham kept kicking for Pittsburgh and tallied on a 23 yard field goal in the fourth quarter. New England made it 23-17 with Brady throwing a yard to Aaron Hernandez for a touchdown, and Gostkowski added the PAT. Brady was then sacked for a safety by Brett Keisel, and this secured a 25-17 Steelers win. They move to 6-2 and knock the Patriots to 5-2.
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